It's important for teachers to model good practice when it comes to using the intellectual property of others. Students will not respect copyright laws if their teachers do not. Video that explains copyright can be found at http://vimeo.com/13376410 The websites below all provide Creative Commons images, music and videos for use in projects. Always remember to attribute when used. Click here to find out more about a Creative Commons licence http://vimeo.com/13248511 Creative Commons Search Engine -images, video and music Comfight Image Search Engine . Select Creative Commons to model good practice MAGIC Studio.ie Magicstudio, which directly links to the Irish curriculum, contains over 8.000 free resources for teachers and students to use.( Currently running as a pilot,)
Please try it from home before you finish the course to ensure that you are able to gain access. WatchKnow A large directory o educational videos for children
Under File Types you will find a link to Smart Response Question Sets
Using the Senteo interactive response system to test student knowledge of volcanoes http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=05&q=geography+Europe&sbj= Use the Senteo interactive response system to learn about antonyms.
Promethean Planet is an international site and requires registration (free). Thousands of downloadable lessons and activities. Downloads are predominantly specific to Promethean IWBs. The “Partner Resources” area includes links to other free educational IWB resources, including ones from Mary Immaculate, Oxfam, Texaco and RSPCA,
all of which have relevance to the Irish primary curriculum. Resource Packs
http://ninite.com/ Tick off the apps you want from the list on the site, hit the go button and it downloads all the programs you have selected, without you having to chase all over the web to source them.
Search Engines
Use a search engine to look for specific information.Saving website addresses into your bookmarks/favourites meansyou can go straight to a website without having to search for them. There are many to choose from including
http://kids.yahoo.com/
AskJeeves for Kids
http://www.kidzui.com/ KidZui is a free Web Browser , search engine and online playgroud for kids 3-12
Kid-Safe Search
How to Research
National Geographic for kids
Copyright
It's important for teachers to model good practice when it comes to using the intellectual property of others.Students will not respect copyright laws if their teachers do not. Video that explains copyright can be found at http://vimeo.com/13376410
The websites below all provide Creative Commons images, music and videos for use in projects. Always remember to attribute when used. Click here to find out more about a Creative Commons licence http://vimeo.com/13248511
Creative Commons Search Engine -images, video and music
Comfight Image Search Engine . Select Creative Commons to model good practice
MAGIC Studio.ie Magicstudio, which directly links to the Irish curriculum, contains over 8.000 free resources for teachers and students to use.( Currently running as a pilot,)
Scoilnet.ie Teacher home access to online encyclopaedias
In 2009, all schools were provided with access to Worldbook Online and the online Encyclopaedia Britannica through the school’s broadband network. For videos on how to use these resources see:
http://www.britannica.co.uk/education/
http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/html/webinars_kids.htm
It is now possible for teachers to access these resources from home and other locations outside their school.
For more information see:
http://www.scoilnet.ie/registration_info.shtm
There is also a login button on the Scoilnet homepage www.scoilnet.ie.
Please try it from home before you finish the course to ensure that you are able to gain access.WatchKnow A large directory o educational videos for children
List of Copyright Free Music
SW Grid for Learning Pictures, Sounds and Videos Free Animation Libra
Clipart
DK ClipartPhilip Martin
Edu Pics
WPClipart
http://photos8.com/
http://pics4learning.com/
SMART Resources
The Teacher Zone of Smartboard.ie requires registration (free). Once registered, teachers have access to plenty
of downloadable activities and lessons including many as Gaeilge. These are notebook files intended for use with Smart boards.
The international Smart website also contains downloadable files for use with Smartboards. ( copied from the Scoilnet.ie site)
Search facility for Notebook Files http://smarttech.com/notebookfiles/
Tasks
Find lesson and adapt oneUK http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=7&
USA http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0
Literacy SMARTnotebook
Longwood Smartboard Lessons
Problems and Investigations Involving Number Smart and Promethean Files
Fife Notebook Download Section
Senteo Response Resources
Under File Types you will find a link to Smart Response Question SetsUsing the Senteo interactive response system to test student knowledge of volcanoes http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=05&q=geography+Europe&sbj=
Use the Senteo interactive response system to learn about antonyms.
Promethean Planet Resources
Promethean Planet is an international site and requires registration (free). Thousands of downloadable lessons and activities. Downloads are predominantly specific to Promethean IWBs. The “Partner Resources” area includes links to other free educational IWB resources, including ones from Mary Immaculate, Oxfam, Texaco and RSPCA,all of which have relevance to the Irish primary curriculum.
Resource Packs
Interactive Teaching Programmes ITPs
http://ninite.com/ Tick off the apps you want from the list on the site, hit the go button and it downloads all the programs you have selected, without you having to chase all over the web to source them.SWF Files / Flash Games
PrioryWoodResources
Games for Smartboards
ThinkBank Flash Games
Audio Matching Game
Kent ICT Resources
iBoard
TesConnect